What do you do to ease the pain of being a part time parent?

After the divorce, i thought the pain i felt every time i had to take the kids back home would eventually subside, however it hasnt. Its been over 5 years now and everytime i take them home, i find myself pulling over to cry. Thats every other week, im balling like a baby for 10 minutes for the last 5 years. Seeing them more often helps sometimes, but still the pain of seperation exists. Has anyone learned a way to cope with this feeling ?What do you do to ease the pain of being a part time parent?
You're being strong %26amp; happy while the kids are still with you, right?





Otherwise, I don't know if the ache at separation ever does go away. I know that it didn't for my husband, when he'd leave his daughter with mom at the end of his time with her. It got hard for me, too, as I came to know her %26amp; love her more.





But, it's a pain that you learn to accept, especially if you know that spending time with both parents is the best thing for your children given the breakup of the romantic adult relationship you had with their other parent. It's not the ideal, but it's the best thing available in the reality you're living in with them.





Keep busy in the days in between. Plan for when they're coming next. Make phone calls to them, if you can. Be active in their school, if you can. Do things that you can tell them all about, when you see them next. And, keep on knowing that you're doing what's best for them by being strong %26amp; sharing, civilly, with their other parent.What do you do to ease the pain of being a part time parent?
i wish i had an ex that would come get his children and be upset when he had to bring them home. with that said, maybe you need to increase communication with them send them an instant message, text message, email, or call during the time that your away from them so that you still have that connectivity.
remember that while part of you is in the kids, so is part of your ex. and let yourself cry. crying releases feel-good-hormones. remember that this is practice for letting them go our into the world, and remember that you love them. and they love you.
What's important is that you stay in the life of your children. Do many activities when you are with them. After you take them back call and talk to them every night if possible.
Sorry, my friend. It never gets better.